Effects of ultraviolet radiation on boreal toads in Colorado

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-26

  Corn, Paul Stephen ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian population declines; Amphibians; Bufo boreas; Ozone depletion; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA; Ultraviolet radiation and amphibian declines

Indexed keywords

BOREAL TOAD; POPULATION DECLINE; TOAD EMBRYO; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; USA;

BUFO BOREAS;

EID: 0031881503     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0018:EOUROB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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